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Mur Moch Hut Circle

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Southern Hawker, Parakiefferiella, Cricotopus (Cricotopus) other +62 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Southern Hawker, Parakiefferiella, Cricotopus (Cricotopus) other +62 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Mougeot's Yoke-moss, Long-shanked Pincushion, Common Pincushion +178 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Mougeot's Yoke-moss, Long-shanked Pincushion, Common Pincushion +178 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Common Threadwort, Wood-rust, Moon-leaved Pincerwort +1 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Llanberis PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Snowdonia Slate TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Wales Coast Path (North Wales) main routeWalking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

18 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lôn Las PerisCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Lôn GwyrfaiCycling route

Named routeRef 61Regional cycle route

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

Lôn Las Cymru (North)Cycling route

Named routeRef 8National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route92 m

Named routeRef 61Length 92 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route350 m

Named routeRef 61Length 350 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

5,889 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,889 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds31 species

winter

2026

Dunnock · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird · Magpie +26

DunnockPrunella modularis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica
RavenCorvus corax2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects18 species

summer

2025

Badister bullatus · Carabus problematicus · Sericomyia silentis · Field Grasshopper · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +13

Badister bullatusBadister bullatus
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Yellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipes
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Grey-banded Mining BeeAndrena denticulata
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Ditropis pteridisDitropis pteridis
PsectrocladiusPsectrocladius
ParakiefferiellaParakiefferiella
Paracladopelma camptolabisParacladopelma camptolabis

🌿

Plants90 species

autumnwinter

2025

Common Pincushion · Cylindric Beard-moss · Racomitrium heterostichum · Green Yoke-moss · Blunt-leaved Bog-moss +85

Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Racomitrium heterostichumRacomitrium heterostichum
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus
Blunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustre
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum
Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum
Common PottiaTortula truncata
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
Narrow-leaved Fringe-mossRacomitrium aquaticum
Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre
Western EarwortScapania gracilis
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
Starry Hoar-mossHedwigia stellata
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum
Papillose Bog-mossSphagnum papillosum
Bearded PawwortBarbilophozia barbata
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Marsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrum
Grove EarwortScapania nemorea
Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare
Hartman's GrimmiaGrimmia hartmanii
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
Strict HaircapPolytrichum strictum
Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans
Bicoloured BryumBryum bicolor
Silver-mossBryum argenteum
Many-fruited Thyme-mossPlagiomnium affine
Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
Feathery Bog-mossSphagnum cuspidatum
Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa
Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus
Revolute Beard-mossPseudocrossidium revolutum
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Sphagnum capillifoliumSphagnum capillifolium
Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata
Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Clay Earth-mossArchidium alternifolium
Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides
Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum
Lustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitens
Delicate Tamarisk-mossThuidium delicatulum
Campylium stellatumCampylium stellatum
Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Warnstorf's Bog-mossSphagnum warnstorfii
Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
Verdigris Tufa-mossGymnostomum aeruginosum
GreasewortAneura pinguis
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
St Winifrid's MossChiloscyphus polyanthos
Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum
Western PouncewortLejeunea lamacerina
Alpine Thread-mossBryum alpinum
Frizzled Crisp-mossTortella tortuosa
Mougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotii
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Dense Fringe-mossRacomitrium ericoides
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Appleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitans
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Racomitrium obtusumRacomitrium obtusum
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis
Slender DitrichumFlexitrichum gracile
Tree-mossClimacium dendroides
Long-shanked PincushionPtychomitrium polyphyllum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,889 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds31 species

winter

2026

Dunnock · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird · Magpie +26

DunnockPrunella modularis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica
RavenCorvus corax2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects18 species

summer

2025

Badister bullatus · Carabus problematicus · Sericomyia silentis · Field Grasshopper · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +13

Badister bullatusBadister bullatus
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Yellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipes
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Grey-banded Mining BeeAndrena denticulata
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Ditropis pteridisDitropis pteridis
PsectrocladiusPsectrocladius
ParakiefferiellaParakiefferiella
Paracladopelma camptolabisParacladopelma camptolabis

🌿

Plants90 species

autumnwinter

2025

Common Pincushion · Cylindric Beard-moss · Racomitrium heterostichum · Green Yoke-moss · Blunt-leaved Bog-moss +85

Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Racomitrium heterostichumRacomitrium heterostichum
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus
Blunt-leaved Bog-mossSphagnum palustre
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum
Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum
Common PottiaTortula truncata
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
Narrow-leaved Fringe-mossRacomitrium aquaticum
Bog Groove-mossAulacomnium palustre
Western EarwortScapania gracilis
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
Starry Hoar-mossHedwigia stellata
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Woolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosum
Papillose Bog-mossSphagnum papillosum
Bearded PawwortBarbilophozia barbata
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Marsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrum
Grove EarwortScapania nemorea
Green Mountain Fringe-mossRacomitrium fasciculare
Hartman's GrimmiaGrimmia hartmanii
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
Strict HaircapPolytrichum strictum
Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans
Bicoloured BryumBryum bicolor
Silver-mossBryum argenteum
Many-fruited Thyme-mossPlagiomnium affine
Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
Feathery Bog-mossSphagnum cuspidatum
Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa
Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus
Revolute Beard-mossPseudocrossidium revolutum
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Sphagnum capillifoliumSphagnum capillifolium
Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Common ThreadwortCephaloziella divaricata
Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Clay Earth-mossArchidium alternifolium
Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides
Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum
Lustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitens
Delicate Tamarisk-mossThuidium delicatulum
Campylium stellatumCampylium stellatum
Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Warnstorf's Bog-mossSphagnum warnstorfii
Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
Verdigris Tufa-mossGymnostomum aeruginosum
GreasewortAneura pinguis
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
St Winifrid's MossChiloscyphus polyanthos
Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Urn HaircapPogonatum urnigerum
Western PouncewortLejeunea lamacerina
Alpine Thread-mossBryum alpinum
Frizzled Crisp-mossTortella tortuosa
Mougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotii
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Dense Fringe-mossRacomitrium ericoides
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Appleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitans
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Racomitrium obtusumRacomitrium obtusum
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis
Slender DitrichumFlexitrichum gracile
Tree-mossClimacium dendroides
Long-shanked PincushionPtychomitrium polyphyllum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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📷 Eric Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The remains of an Iron Age hut circle on the Clegyr

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